Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was an American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He is best known for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading an unexpected bayonet charge, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Chamberlain in the 1860s
Little Round Top, western slope, photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1863).
Capt. Ellis Spear, Chamberlain's "right-hand man" on Little Round Top.
Confederate General John B. Gordon was assigned the task to surrender all arms to Gen. Chamberlain.
Maine is the easternmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. Maine is the largest state in New England by total area. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. Maine's capital is Augusta, and its most populous city is Portland, with a total population of 68,408, as of the 2020 census.
Maine State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch, built 1829–1832
Misty Morning, Coast of Maine Arthur Parton (1842–1914). Between 1865 and 1870, Brooklyn Museum.
The Maine coast and Portland Head Light
Rocky shoreline in Acadia National Park